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Defeat Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- You can make the Ring into an allegory of our own time, if you like: and allegory of the inevitable fate that waits for all…
- Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance. It denies (in…
- I am a Christian…so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’ — though it contains (and in a legend…
More Defeat Quotes
- In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats… — Michelle Bachelet
- When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to defeat cap… — Michele Bachmann
- The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. — Russell Baker
- If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
- Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered… — Conrad Black
- There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by… — Tony Blair
- Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last… — Bjorn Borg
- At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism. — Abdallah II
- The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom. — Bertolt Brecht
- I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten… — Robert Browning